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In Reply to: RE: BIS SACD posted by Disbeliever on June 09, 2012 at 02:37:16
To alleviate any suspicions to the contrary: Andrew MacGregor has expressly approved my posting his mail to me here. I wouldn't dream of publishing it otherwise. Here is his mail from a few minutes ago:
Hello, Robert! Good to hear from you…and I’m not surprised you’ve found the postings irritating, especially, as I’m afraid it seems to be an individual listening to CD Review and hearing what they *want* to hear, and not what I actually said.
He misquotes me, and takes a single misheard sentence to which he’s added the word ‘too’ (which I didn’t say!) to ‘low level’ (which I did), and completely ignored the context in which I made the comment. Over a period of over 20 minutes, and around three excerpts from Mark Wigglesworth’s latest Shostakovich, I made it perfectly clear to anyone listening without an agenda that I was blown away not just by the performance, but also by what I though was an exceptionally good recording…
‘…so this really is a major achievement, and an extraordinarily vivid BIS recording, once you’ve adjusted for the low level.’
That’s what I actually said on air, after playing part of the 1st Andante from the 3rd Symphony (hence the low level comment, and having set my listening level by it, I didn’t change it for the rest of the disc).
I’ve taken the liberty of attaching the complete section of the script below in which I discussed the recording so that you can see for yourself. I think you probably realise that I rarely have anything but admiration for the quality of BIS SACD recordings, and if this individual thinks he can enlist me to fight his corner around this particular disc, then he’s utterly misguided! I meant exactly what I said, and once the overall listening level was adjusted for the quietest passages (Andante), I didn’t touch it…the dynamic range of BIS SACDs is something I welcome, not criticise. Carry on regardless!
Very best from London.
Andrew McG.
Follow Ups:
Interesting post, Yes I did not hear all of what Andrew McGregor said only caught the bit about adjusting for low level. . . However this still does not change my opinion of BIS discs. I did try to contact Andrew McGregor via the BBC web site but they make it impossible for listeners to reach him. Probably should have sent a letter to the BBC.
Edits: 06/18/12
There is absolutely nothing obvious about Andrew McGregor's BIS support, other than that we produce some good stuff (sorry, I couldn't help myself - you do know that BIS could stand for Bloody Interesting Stuff, no?). To say anything else is doubting Mr. McGregor's integrity, and I don't think that even you would do that - he is far too respected.
That you can't - or won't - change your opinion about our products is a given - how could you change it if you refuse to even listen?
Robert von Bahr
I am not allowed to edit, so I must make a new post to correct my mis-spelling of Andrew McGregor's name in the post above.
Done.
Robert
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